Sunday’s Italian food buffet fills to excess, success at East Side Mario’s in Lakewood
By Merrill Shindler The meals at East Side Mario's are large — abbondanza by definition. This is the land of the Papa's Parmigiana Trio Combo (fettuccine Alfredo, lasagna al forno and chicken Parmigiana, served with a garlic "homeloaf" and unlimited amounts of minestrone, Italian wedding soup, garden salad or Caesar salad), and the linguine c...
Ann Potenza: Building a Virtual “Little Italy” in LA
By Valerio Viale Ann Potenza, President of Federated Italo-Americans of Southern California, has a clear and lucid vision of what the older generations of Italian-Americans are currently lacking. That is, an up-to-date picture of today's Italy. Just to give you an example pertaining my home town, Rome is no longer the city where e...
Gli italiani nella NBA, parte 1: da Rusconi a Datome
Radio Italia e la NBA. Il meglio della musica italiana e il top del basket professionistico americano insieme per una grande ed esclusiva partnership. Ripassiamo un po' di storia. Il primo italiano a giocare nella NBA è stato Stefano Rusconi che nel 1995 tenta il grande salto oltreoceano e firma con i Phoenix Suns. La sua avventura dura un...
Kenny’s kickin’ it on the bocci court
by Margaret Daykin The Italian American Club in Wickliffe is the place to be if you love bocce! Over 15,000 people are expected to visit and 96 teams are expected to compete in the 2016 Cleveland Challenge Cup of Bocce Tournament. Fox 8's Kenny Crumpton got a taste of why the sport is so popular and learned more about the tourname...
Unique All-Day Italian Cafe Replacing Pork Shoppe In Avondale
There's a new Italian tenant inside the Pork Shoppe space in Avondale. Pisolino, a fast-casual 40-seat Italian cafe should open by October at 2755 W. Belmont Ave. The owners say patrons shouldn't expect white tablecloths and marked-up bottles of wines like at some River North establishments. "This is very much a neighborhood Italian restau...
Guests eat up Italian festival
Unlucky number 13 was lucky at the pasta-eating contest at Saturday's Bell' Italia Festival at Hazle Township Community Park. It was good to be 13 years old — the age of the three winners of the pasta-eating contest in the youth division at the annual event. About a dozen combatants between the ages of 3 and 14 participated in the con...
Columbus Citizens Foundation Announces Arianna Bergamaschi As 2016 Gala Guest Entertainer
New to this year's Columbus Celebration Gala entertainment is Italian singer, stage actress, TV personality and musical theater performer, Arianna Martina Bergamaschi. Bergamaschi will be performing at Columbus Citizens Foundation's annual Gala on Saturday, October 8. The Gala is held at the Waldorf Astoria and is part of the Foundation's...
Italian Riviera finding new ways to manage tourism impact on historic hiking trails
Angelo Celsi must run the most lucrative lemonade stand on the planet. Despite his isolated location on a dirt trail on Italy's northwestern coast, an estimated 2.5 million people passed through this area last year. That's because this isn't any old dusty path. It's part of 120 miles of undulating trails that flit through pine-scented forests, fli...
Lamborghini and MIT join forces to create a sports car for the 21st century
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is known for cutting-edge engineers, and Lamborghini is known for super cars. Just this week, the two paired up to ponder the future of an ultra-light, strong, and innovative automotive brand. On Wednesday at the EmTech conference at MIT in Boston, Lamborghini Chairman and CEO Stefano Domenicali sa...
Peter Rappoccio: Groundskeeper par excellence
From age 14, Peter Rappoccio has been involved with golf course maintenance, but he is now ready to retire as the property manager of Silver Spring Country Club. After 39 years at Silver Spring, Rappoccio will no longer be in charge of the golf course, the clubhouse, the swimming pool, and the tennis and paddle ball courts. He will no longer be wo...
He’s the Bomb: An Enrico Fermi Biography
By Gregg Herken THE POPE OF PHYSICSEnrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic AgeBy Gino Segrè and Bettina HoerlinIllustrated. 351 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $30. In a controversial lecture more than 50 years ago, the British scientist and novelist C.P. Snow suggested that natural scientists had "the future in their bones." Snow was spea...
Elena Manferdini interview and studio visit in Los Angeles
Atelier Manferdini, founded by italian engineer-turned architect elena manferdini, is an architectural design firm based in venice, los angeles, california. spreading across multiple disciplines, the practice has completed art installations, architecture and industrial design projects in the US, europe and asia. Notable work includes the g...